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(Amendment  6  to  B.  A.  I.  Order  286) 

United  States  Department  of  Agriculture 

BUREAU  OF  ANIMAL  INDUSTRY 


AMENDMENT  6  TO  B.  A.  I.  ORDER  286— REGULATIONS  GOVERNING 
THE  SANITARY  HANDLING  AND  CONTROL  OF  HIDES,  FLESHINGS, 
HIDE  CUTTINGS,  PARINGS,  AND  GLUE  STOCK,  SHEEPSKINS  AND 
GOATSKINS  AND  PARTS  THEREOF,  HAIR,  WOOL,  AND  OTHER 
ANIMAL  BY-PRODUCTS,  HAY,  STRAW,  FORAGE,  OR  SIMILAR  MA- 
TERIAL OFFERED  FOR  ENTRY  INTO  THE  UNITED  STATES 

Effective  October  1,  1926 


Under  authority  conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by 
section  2  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  February  2,  1903  (32  Stat. 
791),  it  is  ordered  that  the  regulations  governing  the  sanitary  han- 
dling and  control  of  hides,  fleshings,  hide  cuttings,  parings,  and  glue 
stock,  sheepskins  and  goatskins  and  parts  thereof,  hair,  wool,  and 
other  animal  by-products,  hay,  straw,  forage,  or  similar  material 
offered  for  entry  into  the  United  States,  issued  under  date  of  May 
29,  1924,  and  effective  on  September  1,  1924  (B.  A.  I.  Order  28G), 
as  amended,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  further  amended  as  follows : 

Section  3  of  Regulation  9,  as  contained  in  Amendment  3  to  B.  A.  I. 
Order  286,  dated  February  25,  1926,  is  revoked,  and  in  lieu  thereof 
the  following  section,  to  be  designated  as  section  3,  is  substituted: 

Section  3.  No  previously  used  empty  bags  made  from  burlap  or  similar  ma- 
terial, and  no  bagging,  patches,  or  similar  material  made  from  used  burlap  or 
similar  material,  shall  be  imported  into  the  United  States  except  upon  compli- 
ance with  Regulation  2  and  upon  compliance  with   (a)   or   (&)   following: 

(a)  Such  bags,  bagging,  patches,  and  similar  material  may  be  Imported  with- 
out disinfection,  if  originating  in  and  shipped  directly  from  a  country  declared 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  to  be  free  from  foot-and-mouth  disease  and 
rinderpest :  or 

(b)  Such  bags,  bagging,  patches,  and  similar  material  shall  be  disinfected  at 
the  port  of  entry  in  accordance  with  methods  prescribed  by  the  chief  of  bureau : 
Provided,  however,  That  if  such  bags,  bagging,  patches,  and  similar  material 
are  to  be  manufactured  into  paper  or  other  products  at  an  establishment  at 
which  the  methods  employed  are  adequate  for  disinfection  as  determined  by  the 
chief  of  bureau  they  may  be  forwarded  from  the  port  of  entry  to  the  establish- 
ment where  they  are  to  be  manufactured,  in  cars  or  other  vehicles  sealed  with 
the  seals  of  the  department,  and  such  cars  or  other  vehicles  shall  be  cleaned 
and  disinfected  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Regulation  14  of  these 
regulations. 

riiis  amendment  shall  become  effective  on  October  1,  1926. 

Done  at  Washington  this  24th  day  of   September, 
1926. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

W.  M.  Jardine 
/Secretary  of  Agriculture. 


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